Sri Chinmoy Rainbow-Dreams

Our Rainbow-Dreamers’ Sky

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Welcome, welcome to our rainbow-dreamers’ sky!

We shall teach you, without wings, how to fly.

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Softball Throw

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Softball throw, softball throw, softball!

I am my heart’s ecstasy-doll.

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Twenty-Seven Penalty Throws in a Row

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Twenty-seven penalty throws in a row!

My Lord’s fastest Compassion-Flow.

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I Eat Raw Eggs

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I eat raw eggs, I eat,

To clasp my Supreme’s jumping Feet.

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Three Hundred Pounds

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Three hundred pounds and one thirty times

On my abdomen dance.

My ancient soul and my transient body

Enjoy ecstasy-silence-trance.

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Lo, Crunch Sit-Ups

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Lo, crunch sit-ups thirteen thousand times!

Ring my Supreme Lord’s Victory-Chimes.

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Thirty-Five Times Finger Push-ups

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Thirty-five times finger push-ups consecutively!

My poor finger-breaking cries I feel helplessly.

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Sirshasan, Head-Balance

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Sirshasan, head balance, four minutes neck pain, ooooo!

I am on the verge of losing my brain, ooooo!

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I Am Juggling

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Juggling, juggling, juggling, I am juggling

To make my heart once more happiness-king.

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Two Hundred Times My Volleyball-Lifting

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Two hundred times my volleyball-lifting thrills;

My proud champion-heart gloriously feels.

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Seven Tops Dancing

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Seven tops dancing, jumping, seven!

My sleeping heart-life to awaken.

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Skipping Rope

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Skipping rope, skipping rope, vous etes mon ami.

Jaunte phalai shiggir shiggir bhoye bhoye kena thami

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Four Zero Zero Metres Backward Running

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Four zero zero metres backward running,

Danke Gott!

By God’s Beauty-Eye

My body is caught.

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Marbles

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Marbles, marbles, you were my childhood-treasures

And now my sixty-five summer-pleasures.

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Young in Heart, Young in Mind

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Young in heart, young in mind,

Ganapati, Madal, Chinmoy.

Old and gold in oneness-soul;

A God-memory-toy.

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My Body Is Rowing

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My body is rowing.

My mind is crying.

My heart is dancing.

My soul is dreaming.

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One Twenty-Pound Leg Extension

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One twenty-pound leg extension,

One ten-pound curl!

My summit-victory-banner

My children sweet hurl.

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Standing High Jump

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Standing high jump thirty-five inches,

My numero uno miracle!

My surprising legs surmount

A formidable obstacle!

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Vertical Jump

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Vertical jump, vertical jump, vertical!

Why, why were you my joy-refusal?

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Thirty-Three Inch Vertical Jump

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Thirty-three-inch vertical jump onto a platform!

Old age is no life-extinction, I inform.

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One Thousand Five-Hundred Calf Raise

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One thousand five hundred calf raise!

Praise Sri Chinmoy Ghose, praise!

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On My Camel Back

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No joke, no joke, on my camel-back

A one hundred-pound vest!

Crying, smiling, walking, my body’s breath

Passed my foolish test.

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My Spine on Earth

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My spine on earth, my fingers dancing with the rising sun.

Gahiche tader param prabhur chira bijoyer gan

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My Basketball Foul-Penalties

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My basketball foul-penalties:

Charming, challenging realities!

Behold, out of a hundred seventy-seven!

God Himself cradles my eyes and hands in Heaven.

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My Heart-Whistle-Birds

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My heart-whistle-birds, my heart,

Visit never ignorance-mart.

Sleeplessly, breathlessly, they sing and sing and sing

And give the world our Supreme’s golden Ring.

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My Body Is Jumping

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My body is jumping,

My vital, thundering,

My mind, climbing,

My heart, flying,

My soul, clapping,

My Lord, dancing,

My Lord’s Eye my devotion is meeting.

My Lord’s Smiles my gratitude is eating.

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Artichoke, Arugula, Asparagus

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Artichoke, arugula, asparagus, avocado,

Blackberries, butternut squash, cherimoya,

Cherry tomatoes, daikon, endive, honeydew,

Jicama, kale, kohlrabi, kirby, kumquat, leek,

Okra, persimmon, portobello mushroom,

Radicchio, sugarsnap peas, tomatillo, watercress, zucchini!

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Art Silk, Banarsie, Calcutta Cotton

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Art silk, Banarsie, Calcutta cotton,

China silk, computer, crepe silk,

French chiffon, gold stamp, hakoba,

Heena, jaquard, kanjipuram, Kashkiri,

Powder touch, rajcoat, raw silk, satin ribbon,

Shamoos, tissue organza, yoryu!

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African Daisy, Agapanthus, Allium

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African daisy, agapanthus, allium, amaryllis, anthurium, baby’s breath, bird of paradise, carnation, chrysanthemum, cornflower, cosmos, daisy, delphinium, freesia, gardenia, gloriosa lily, iris, jasmine, liatris, monk’s-hood, orchid, pansy, rose, sweet william, sunflower, tuberose, zinnia. ```

My Heart Sleeplessly Loves

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My heart sleeplessly loves

God’s Compassion-Eye.

My life breathlessly needs

God’s Forgiveness-Feet.

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I Vividly Saw Your Compassion-Eye

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My Lord Supreme,

I vividly saw Your Compassion-Eye

At my marathon journey’s start.

My Lord Supreme,

I now throbbingly feel Your Satisfaction-Heart

At my marathon journey’s close.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Sri Chinmoy Rainbow-Dreams, Agni Press, New York, 1994
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